The Optics of Historical Microscopes
The Golub Collection provides a rare opportunity for the study of the optics of historical microscopes. The collection contains instruments that are representatives of benchmarks of optical and mechanical advances throughout the history of the microscope.

Here we present findings from the Golub Collection discovered and analyzed at the University of California, Berkeley. Some of the data presented here were determined by students of BioEngineering 164, Optics and Microscopy.

The Students

The Presentations

2004

2005
2004
Georges Oberhaeuser Microscope,
1850
#191
Ernst Leitz compound microscope, 1905
#188
2005
Powell & Lealand compound microscope,
1861
#150
George Adams, Jr compound microscope, 1780
#6
Charles Chevalier Universal Microscope, 1840
#167
Louis-François Dellebarre Microscope,
1793
#35
Henry Pyefinch Microscope,
1780
#265
Benjamin Martin Microscope,
1759-1790
#38

Modified 2/28/08